[pct-l] Glacier Peak Wilderness route?

[Edward Anderson]

Hello Ralph,

I'm an equestrian who rode through the Glacier Peak Wilderness area last August while on the way to Canada.  Most of the thru-hikers that I met had taken the original PCT. All but one of the damaged bridges have now been repared. Only the one crossing the Suitelle River remains to be replaced. There is a log bridge that the hikers straddle to cross. There were still lots of very large down trees that the hikers could get past - but I could not with my horse. So, I rode from Stevens Pass on the PCT to Indian Pass, then decended (on the hiker detour) to the White River TH. I was then trailered (prearranged) to the Bucks Creek TH. I then (on the hiker detour) rode west about 20 miles back to the PCT.
The Little Giant part of the hiker detour is very dangerous to horses and also dangerous to hikers. That is the part that I skipped. Last August two horses fell to thier deaths when a woman tried it. At the same part of the trail a hiker fell and broke his neck a couple days earlier. The entire hiker detour is not maintained to the standards that you will become familiar with on the PCT. SO, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THE ORIGINAL PCT.

Have a good hike.
MendoRider



  

--- On Thu, 4/22/10, Ralph Alcorn <rbalcorn at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ralph Alcorn <rbalcorn at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Glacier Peak Wilderness route?
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 2:14 AM
> Any 2009 PCT hikers who did
> Washington (or knowledgeable others). How did
> you deal with the Glacier Peak detour, and what do you
> recommend? The
> original pct, the official forest service bypass or the
> highway 2 road walk
> (equestrian bypass)?
> 
> -- 
> Ralph Alcorn
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